Post 9 11 port security gains at Houston Ship Channel
Five years after September 11 2001 the Coast Guard has expanded from oil spill watching to daily patrols and extensive surveillance along the Houston Ship Channel. Despite billions in port security upgrades and biometric card plans, credible worker identification systems and seamless cargo flow remain incomplete with new challenges in vehicle and small-boat attack prevention.
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Houston Ship Channel
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American Association of Port Authorities
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Homeland Security Department
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Jim Edmonds
Port of Houston
Bush presses Iraq war as Pentagon warns of growing danger
President Bush pushed his Iraq strategy amid a Pentagon assessment of rising sectarian violence and a risk of civil war, even as early Baghdad security gains were praised. He argued the war is vital to global security, while Democrats said the conflict strains the military and harms national security.
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Baghdad
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House
Nancy Pelosi
D-Calif
American Legion
U.N. General Assembly
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